More travel agencies commit to 14-day flight refunds

mennessä CrNet Oy | elo 1, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

More online travel agencies are committing to refund travellers within 14 days for cancelled flights, following dialogue with the EU and consumer authorities. Following a dialogue with the European Commission and the Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) Network of...

EU’s voluntary sustainability reporting standard to ease red tape for SMEs

mennessä CrNet Oy | heinä 31, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The European Commission has adopted a recommendation on voluntary sustainability reporting for small and medium-sized companies (SMEs). The EU’s ‘Omnibus I simplification package’ in February proposed to limit mandatory sustainability reporting under the CSRD to large...

World’s Largest Tropical Peatlands Revealed to Be More than 40,000 Years Old

mennessä CrNet Oy | heinä 31, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

A peatland complex in the Congo Basin which is known to be a globally important carbon store is twice as old as previously thought, according to a new scientific study. An international team of researchers has shown that the tropical peatland complex, which is the...

Lured by hope, trapped by lies: Healing after being trafficked

mennessä CrNet Oy | heinä 30, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The promise seemed simple: a job, a fresh start, a way out. Instead, Maria stepped off a boat onto a picture-perfect Trinidadian beach with hope in her heart and into a nightmare that would shadow her for years. On the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons,...

New Study Reveals Coral Reef Food Webs Are More Siloed and Vulnerable than Previously Understood

mennessä CrNet Oy | heinä 29, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

A study led by Associate Professor Kelton McMahon at University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography has found that food webs on tropical reefs are more fragile than we once thought. Instead of being part of a highly connected system where species can...

Torture, threats and arbitrary arrests: UN warns of ‘serious abuses’ against Afghans forced to return

mennessä CrNet Oy | heinä 25, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

Afghans returning to their country face “serious violations” of their human rights committed by the Taliban de facto authorities, according to a United Nations report published on Thursday amid mass deportation campaigns from Iran and Pakistan. These abuses include...